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Paramount Pictures |
Release Date:
January 26, 2007
Summary:
Nominated for twelve Academy Awards, this 1964 film is an historical costume drama of the grandest order. Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. This stunning new 35mm color & Scope print was restored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, with funding from Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation. (Slowhand Cinema Releasing)
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Details
Runtime: | 148 min |
Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violence. |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Genres: | Biography, Drama, History |
Countries: | USA, UK |
Languages: | English, Latin |
Home Release Date: | Oct 13, 2015 |
Director | Credit |
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Peter Glenville | Director |
Writer | Credit |
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Edward Anhalt | Screenplay |
Jean Anouilh | Play "Becket" |
Lucienne Hill | Play Translation |
Principal Cast | Credit |
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John Gielgud | King Louis VII Of France |
Peter O'Toole | King Henry II |
Richard Burton | Thomas À Becket |
Cast | Credit |
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Christopher Rhodes | Baron |
David Weston | Brother John |
Donald Wolfit | Bishop Folliot |
Felix Aylmer | Archbishop Of Canterbury |
Gino Cervi | Cardinal Zambelli |
Inigo Jackson | Robert De Beaumont |
Martita Hunt | Empress Matilda |
Niall MacGinnis | Baron |
Pamela Brown | Queen Eleanor [Of Aquitaine] |
Paolo Stoppa | Pope Alexander III |
Percy Herbert | Baron |
Siân Phillips | Gwendolen |
Producer | Credit |
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Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
Joseph H. Hazen | Executive Producer |
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